{"id":2140,"date":"2020-06-09T10:32:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T08:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:16:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:16:51","slug":"mclaren-report-shocks-athleten-deutschland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/en\/mclaren-report-shocks-athleten-deutschland\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren report shocks Athleten Deutschland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Berlin, June 9, 2020.<\/strong> The results of the recently published McLaren report on the wheelings and dealings of Tam\u00e1s Aj\u00e1n, former president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), have come as a shock to Athleten Deutschland. The report reveals that for decades Aj\u00e1n ruled an autocratic system that secured his power by buying votes and bullying opponents and included extensive doping cover-ups, corruption and alleged money laundering.<\/p>\n

J\u00fcrgen\u00a0Spie\u00df,\u00a0athlete\u00a0representative of the\u00a0German Weightlifting Federation and member of\u00a0Athleten\u00a0Deutschland, is almost relieved despite the scandal:\u00a0“The investigations finally confirm\u00a0by\u00a0an\u00a0independent source what has\u00a0been an open secret in\u00a0the\u00a0weightlifting\u00a0community. It is also clear that the results probably reveal\u00a0just\u00a0the tip of the iceberg. I now expect comprehensive investigations from all countries and one hundred percent cooperation from the IWF.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Spie\u00df\u00a0and\u00a0Athleten\u00a0Deutschland\u00a0demand a comprehensive personnel and structural re-launch\u00a0of the federation. “We need to create opportunities for\u00a0the next generation of weightlifting athletes. Instead of personal\u00a0gain\u00a0and\u00a0preservation\u00a0of power of single\u00a0officials, athletes must finally be the focus of the federation and thus of any reform efforts.”\u00a0<\/em>For this purpose, an effective and democratic representation of athletes at eye level is necessary. A credible new start can only be achieved if the rebuilding of the federation is accompanied by an independent committee. Numerous IWF officials were noted\u00a0for their lack of\u00a0cooperation\u00a0or obstruction of the investigations.<\/p>\n

The IWF had initiated the investigations itself after the\u00a0German public broadcaster\u00a0ARD had brought\u00a0Tam\u00e1s\u00a0Aj\u00e1n’s\u00a0practices to the\u00a0attention of the\u00a0public\u00a0in the\u00a0documentary film “The Lord of the\u00a0Lifters”. The fact that once again\u00a0it took\u00a0journalists\u00a0to uncover\u00a0a scandal and not organized sport itself causes deep concern\u00a0to\u00a0Athleten\u00a0Deutschland.<\/p>\n

Maximilian Klein, Representative for International Sports Policy and Organizing at Athletes Germany, says: “The IOC never gets tired of emphasizing that 90 percent of its revenues flow back into sports and therefore a direct participation of athletes in the multi-billion-dollar\u00a0revenues is not appropriate. The blatant case of the IWF is just one of many in international sport, where millions earned\u00a0through\u00a0the marketing of images and the hard work of athletes are\u00a0misappropriated and are not benefiting the athletes as the last link in the chain. It is obvious that the auditing systems of the IOC are not effective. Otherwise, how\u00a0is it possible\u00a0that USD 23.2 million which the IOC paid to the IWF from 1992 to 2008 were\u00a0not fully declared in the IWF balance sheets and some USD 10 million\u00a0paid\u00a0during the period under review\u00a0are missing? The finances and money flows within the Olympic Movement must be fully investigated,\u00a0traceable\u00a0and transparent.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Berlin, June 9, 2020. The results of the recently published McLaren report on the wheelings and dealings of Tam\u00e1s Aj\u00e1n, former president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), have come as a shock to Athleten Deutschland. The report reveals that for decades Aj\u00e1n ruled an autocratic system that secured his power by buying votes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,126,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-protection","category-doping-en","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2140"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3812,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions\/3812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testsystem.meisel-webdesign.de\/athleten-sandbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}